cover image: First African hut at the mission compound, Rungwe, Tanzania, 1892

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First African hut at the mission compound, Rungwe, Tanzania, 1892

1892

"Die erste Eingebornen-Hütte auf d. Station Rungwe 1892. Mwalutende, Kambasika, Polokoto." ("The first local roundhut at the Rungwe Mission compound 1892. Mwalutende, Kambasika, Polokoto."). Three Africans stand in front of the hut: Mwalutende, Kambasika and Polokoto (from left to right). Imprinted on the image: "Eingeborenen-Hütte. Rungwe. Ost-Afrika. No. 472" ("Native hut. Rungwe. East Africa. no. 472"). Included from the box of duplicates. -- Photo is yellowed. -- Mwalutende (also Mwalutendo) worked for Missionary Theodor Meyer at the Rungwe Mission and was baptized there in 1897.
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Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5398
Dates
1892
Format
Colored slide no. 472 Photographs
Pages
photographic print, 11.0 x 8.6 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Rungwe Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m5398 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-00472
Rights
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de Moravian Archives Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/ Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/c85157735a095349d95d95a81c20a38b

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